DIRECTIVES 
DIRECTIVE (EU) 2017/1564 OF THE EUR OPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 
of 13 September 2017 
on certain permitted uses of certain works and other subject matter protected by copyr ight and 
related rights for the benef it of persons who are blind, visually impaired or other wise print- 
disabled and amending Directiv e 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyr ight 
and related rights in the informa tion society 
THE EUR OPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUR OPEAN UNION, 
Having regar d to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 114 thereof, 
Having regar d to the proposal from the European Commission, 
After transmission of the draf t legislative act to the national parliaments, 
Having regar d to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committ ee (1), 
Acting in accordance with the ordinar y legislative procedure (2), 
Whereas: 
(1)  Union legal acts in the area of copyright and related rights provide legal certainty and a high level of prot ection 
for rightholders, and constitute a harmonised legal framewor k. That framew ork contr ibutes to the proper 
functioning of the internal market and stimulates inno vation, creation, investment and the production of new 
cont ent, including in the digital environment. It also aims to promot e access to kno wledge and culture by 
prot ecting works and other subject matt er and by permitting excep tions or limitations that are in the public 
inter est. A fair balance of rights and interests between rightholders and users should be safeguarded. 
(2)  Directives 96/9/EC (3), 2001/29/EC (4), 2006/115/EC (5) and 2009/24/EC (6) of the European Parliament and of 
the Council harmonise the rights of rightholders in the area of copyright and relat ed rights. Those Directives, 
together with Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), provide for an exhaustive 
list of excep tions and limitations to those rights, which allow the use of cont ent without the rightholders' author ­
isation under certain conditions in order to achi eve certain policy objectives. 
(3)  Persons who are blind, visually impa ired or other wise print-disabled continue to face many barriers to accessing 
books and other printed mater ial which are prote cted by copyright and related rights. Taking into consideration 
the rights of blind, visually impa ired or other wise print-disabled persons as recognised in the Char ter of 
Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the ‘Char ter’) and the Unit ed Nations Conv ention on the Rights of 
Persons with Disabilities (the ‘UNCRPD’), measures should be taken to increase the availability of books and other 
printed mater ial in accessible formats, and to improve their circulation in the internal market. 20.9.2017 L 242/6 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ C 125, 21.4.2017, p. 27. 
(2)Position of the European Parliament of 6 July 2017 (not yet published in the Official Jour nal) and decision of the Council of 17 July 
2017. 
(3)Directive 96/9/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 1996 on the legal prot ection of databases (OJ L 77, 
27.3.1996, p. 20). 
(4)Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of 
copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ L 167, 22.6.2001, p. 10). 
(5)Directive 2006/115/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on rental right and lending right and on 
certain rights relate d to copyright in the field of intellectual proper ty (OJ L 376, 27.12.2006, p. 28). 
(6)Directive 2009/24/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 Apr il 2009 on the legal protection of comput er programs  
(OJ L 111, 5.5.2009, p. 16). 
(7)Directive 2012/28/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on certain permitted uses of orphan works  
(OJ L 299, 27.10.2012, p. 5). (4)  The Mar rake sh Treaty to Facilitat e Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or 
Other wise Print Disabled (the ‘Mar rake sh Treaty’) was signed on behalf of the Union on 30 Apr il 2014 (1). Its 
aim is to impro ve the availability and cross-border exchange of certain works and other prote cted subject matte r 
in accessible formats for persons who are blind, visually impaired or other wise print-disabled. The Mar rake sh 
Treaty requires contracting parties to provide for excep tions or limitations to copyright and related rights for the 
making and dissemination of copies, in accessible formats, of certain works and other protect ed subject matter , 
and for the cross-border exchange of those copies. The conclusion of the Mar rake sh Treaty by the Union requires 
the adap tation of Union law by establishing a mandatory and harmonised excep tion for uses, works and 
beneficiar y persons covered by that treaty . 
(5)  According to Opinion 3/15 of the Cour t of Justice of the European Union (2), the excep tions or limitations to 
copyright and relat ed rights for the making and dissemination of copies, in accessible formats, of certain works 
and other subject matt er, provided for by the Mar rakesh Treaty , have to be implement ed within the field 
harmonised by Directive 2001/29/EC. 
(6)  This Directive implements the oblig ations that the Union has to meet under the Mar rakesh Treaty in 
a harmonised manner , with a view to ensur ing that the corresponding measures are applied consist ently 
throughout the intern al market. This Directive should theref ore provide for a mandatory excep tion to the rights 
that are harmonised by Union law and are relevant for the uses and works covered by the Mar rakesh Treaty . Such 
rights include, in particular , the rights of reproduction, communication to the public, making available to the 
public, distr ibution and lending, as provided for in Directives 2001/29/EC, 2006/115/EC and 2009/24/EC, as 
well as the corresponding rights provided for in Directive 96/9/EC. As the scope of the excep tions or limitations 
required by the Mar rake sh Treaty also includes works in audio form, like audiobooks , the mandatory excep tion 
provided for under this Directive should also apply to related rights. 
(7)  This Directive concer ns persons who are blind, persons who have a visual impairm ent which cannot be 
improved so as to give them visual function substantially equivalent to that of a person who has no such 
impair ment, persons who have a percep tual or reading disability , including dyslexia or any other learning 
disability preventing them from reading printed works to substantially the same degree as persons without such 
disability , and persons who are unable, due to a physical disability , to hold or manipulate a book or to focus or 
move the eyes to the extent that would be normally acceptable for reading, insof ar as, as a result of such 
impair ments or disabilities, those persons are unable to read printed works to substantially the same degree as 
persons without such impa irments or disabilities. This Directive theref ore aims to improve the availability of 
books, including e-books, jour nals, newspapers, mag azines and other kinds of writing, notation, including sheet 
music, and other printed mat erial, including in audio form, whether digital or analogue, online or offline, in 
formats that make those works and other subject matter accessible to those persons to substantially the same 
degree as to persons without such impair ment or disability . Accessible formats include, for example, Braille, large 
print, adapt ed e-books, audio books and radio broadcasts. 
(8)  The mandatory excep tion provided for in this Directive should limit the right of reproduction so as to allow for 
any act that is necessar y in order to make changes to or conver t or adapt a work or other subject matter in such 
a way as to produce an accessible format copy that makes it possible for beneficiar y persons to access that work 
or other subject matter . This includes providing the necessar y means to navig ate information in an accessible 
format copy. It also includes change s that might be required in cases in whic h the format of a work or of other 
subject matter is already accessible to certain benefic iary persons while it might not be accessible to other 
beneficiar y persons, due to differ ent imp airments or disabilities, or the differ ent degree of such impair ments or 
disabilities. 
(9)  The permitted uses laid down in this Directive should include the making of accessible format copies by either 
beneficiar y persons or author ised entities serving their needs, whether those author ised entities be public or 
private organisations, in particular librar ies, educational establishments and other non-profit organisati ons, that 
serve persons with a print disability as one of their primar y activities, institutional oblig ations or as part of their 
public interest missions. The uses laid down in this Directive should also include the making of accessible format 20.9.2017 L 242/7 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)Council Decision 2014/221/EU of 14 Apr il 2014 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of the Mar rakesh Treaty to Facilitat e 
Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or other wise Print Disabled (OJ L 115, 17.4.2014, p. 1). 
(2)Opinion of the Cour t of Justice of 14 Febr uary 2017, 3/15, ECLI:EU:C:2017:114, paragraph 112. copies, for the excl usive use of benefi ciary persons, by a natural person who does so on behalf of a benefi ciary 
person or who assists the beneficiar y person making such copies. Accessible format copies should only be made 
of works or other subject matter to whic h benefic iary persons or author ised entities have lawful access. Member 
States should ensure that any contractual provision which seeks to prevent or limit the application of the 
excep tion in any way is void of legal effect. 
(10)  The excep tion provided for in this Directive should allow author ised entities to make and disseminate, online and 
offline within the Union, accessible format copies of works or other subject matt er covered by this Directive. This 
Directive should not impose an oblig ation on author ised entities to make and disseminate such copies. 
(11)  It should be possible for accessible format copies made in one Member State to be available in all Member States, 
in order to ensure their greate r availability across the intern al market. This would reduce the demand for 
duplication of work in producing accessible format copies of one and the same work or other subject matt er 
across the Union, thus generating savings and effic iency gains. This Directive should theref ore ensure that 
accessible format copies made by author ised entities in any Member State can be circulat ed and accessed by 
beneficiar y persons and author ised entities throughout the Union. In order to foste r such cross-border exchang e 
and to facilitate author ised entities' mutual identif ication and cooperation, the volun tary shar ing of information 
regar ding the names and contact details of author ised entities established in the Union, including website s if 
available, should be encourage d. Member States should theref ore provide the information received from 
author ised entities to the Commission. This should not imply an obligation for Member States to chec k the 
compl eteness and accuracy of such information or its compliance with their national law transposing this 
Directive. Such information should be made available online by the Commission on a central information access 
point at Union level. This would also assist author ised entities, as well as beneficiar y persons and rightholders in 
contacting author ised entities to receive further information, in line with the provisions set out in this Directive 
and in Regulation (EU) 2017/1563 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1). The aforementioned 
central information access point should be compl ementar y to the information access point to be established by 
the Intern ational Bureau of the World Intellectual Proper ty Org anisation (WIPO), as provided for in the 
Mar rakesh Treaty , aiming to facilitate the identif ication of, and cooperation among, author ised entities at internat­
ional level. 
(12)  In order to imp rove the availability of accessible format copies and to prevent the unauthor ised dissemination of 
works or other subject matte r, author ised entities whic h engag e in the distr ibution, communication to the public 
or making available to the public of accessible format copies should compl y with certain obligations. 
(13)  Author isation or recognition requirements that Member States may apply to author ised entities, such as those 
relating to the provision of services of a general nature to benefi ciary persons, should not have the effect of 
preventing entities that are covered by the definition of author ised entity under this Directive from under taking 
the uses allowed under this Directive. 
(14)  In view of the specifi c nature of the excep tion provided for under this Directive, its specifi c scope and the need 
for legal certainty for its beneficiar ies, Member States should not be allowed to imp ose additional requirements 
for the application of the excep tion, such as the prior verification of the commercial availability of works in 
accessible formats, other than those laid down in this Directive. Member States should only be allowed to provide 
for compensation schemes rega rding the permitted uses of works or other subject matt er by author ised entities. 
In order to avoid burdens for beneficiar y persons, prevent barriers to the cross-border dissemination of accessible 
format copies and exces sive requirements on author ised entities, it is impor tant that the possibility for 
Member States to provide for such compen sation schem es be limited. Consequently , compensation sche mes 
should not require payments by beneficiar y persons. They should only apply to uses by author ised entities 
established in the territory of the Member State providing for such a scheme, and they should not require 
payments by author ised entities established in other Member States or third countr ies that are parties to the 
Mar rakesh Treaty . Member States should ensure that there are not more burdensome requirements for the cross- 
border exchange of accessible format copies under such compe nsation sche mes than for non-cross border 
situations, including with regard to the form and possible level of compe nsation. When determining the level of 
compen sation, due account should be taken of the non-profit nature of the activities of author ised entities, of the 20.9.2017 L 242/8 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)Regulation (EU) 2017/1563 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 September 2017 on the cross-border exchang e 
between the Union and third countr ies of accessible format copies of certain works and other subject matt er protect ed by copyright and 
relate d rights for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impaired or other wise print-disabled (see page 1 of this Offi cial Jour nal). public inter est objectives pursued by this Directive, of the inter ests of benefic iaries of the excep tion, of the 
possible harm to rightholders and of the need to ensure cross-border dissemination of accessible format copies. 
Account should also be taken of the particular circumstances of each case, resulting from the making of 
a particular accessible format copy. Where the harm to a rightholder is minimal, no oblig ation for payment of 
compen sation should arise. 
(15)  It is essential that any processing of personal data under this Directive respect fundamental rights, including the 
right to respect for private and family life and the right to prote ction of personal data under Articles 7 and 8 of 
the Char ter, and it is imperative that any such processing also be in compl iance with Directives 95/46/EC (1) 
and 2002/58/EC (2) of the European Parliament and of the Council, whic h govern the processing of personal 
data, as may be carried out by author ised entities within the framewor k of this Directive and under the 
super vision of the Member States' compet ent author ities, in particular the public independent author ities 
designat ed by the Member States. 
(16)  The UNCRPD, to which the Union is a party, guarantees persons with disabilities the right of access to 
information and education and the right to participate in cultural, economic and social life, on an equal basis 
with others. The UNCRPD requires parties to the Convention to take all appropr iate steps, in accordance with in­
ternational law, to ensure that laws prot ecting intellectual proper ty rights do not constitut e an unreasonable or 
discr iminato ry barrier to access by persons with disabilities to cultural mate rials. 
(17)  Under the Char ter, all forms of discr imination, including on grounds of disability , are prohibit ed and the right of 
persons with disabilities to benefi t from measures designed to ensure their independence, social and occupational 
integra tion and participation in the life of the community is recognised and respecte d by the Union. 
(18)  With the adop tion of this Directive, the Union aims to ensure that benefi ciary persons have access to book s and 
other printed mater ial in accessible formats across the intern al mark et. According ly, this Directive is an essential 
first step in impro ving access to works for persons with disabilities. 
(19)  The Commission should assess the situation regar ding the availability in accessible formats of works and other 
subject matt er other than those covered by this Directive, as well as the availability of works and other subject 
matt er in accessible formats for persons with other disabilities. It is important that the Commission review the 
situation in that regar d closely . Changes to the scope of this Directive could be considered, if necessar y, on the 
basis of a repor t presented by the Commission. 
(20)  Member States should be allowed to continue to provide for an excep tion or limitation for the benefit of persons 
with a disability in cases which are not covered by this Directive, in particular as regar ds works and other subject 
matt er and disabilities other than those covered by this Directive, pursuant to point (b) of Article 5(3) of 
Directive 2001/29/EC. This Directive does not prevent Member States from providing for excep tions or 
limitations to rights that are not harmonised in the copyright framewor k of the Union. 
(21)  This Directive respects the fundamental rights and obser ves the principles recognised in particular by the Char ter 
and the UNCRPD. This Directive should be interpr eted and applied in accordance with those rights and 
principles. 
(22)  The Mar rakesh Treaty imposes certain obligations regarding the exchange of accessible format copies between the 
Union and third countr ies that are parties to that Treaty . The measures taken by the Union to fulfil those 
oblig ations are contained in Regulation (EU) 2017/1563 which should be read in conjunction with this Directive. 20.9.2017 L 242/9 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)Directive 95/46/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 October 1995 on the protection of individuals with regard to 
the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data (OJ L 281, 23.11.1995, p. 31). That Directive will be repealed and 
replaced, with effect from 25 May 2018, by Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 Apr il 2016 
on the prot ection of natural persons with regar d to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing 
Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1). 
(2)Directive 2002/58/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 July 2002 concer ning the processing of personal data and 
the protection of privacy in the electronic communications secto r (Directive on privacy and electronic communications) (OJ L 201, 
31.7.2002, p. 37). (23)  Since the objective of this Directive, namely to improve access in the Union to works and other subject matte r 
prot ected by copyright and related rights for persons who are blind, visually impaired or other wise print-disabled, 
cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather , by reason of its scale and effects, be bette r 
achi eved at Union level, the Union may adop t measures in accordance with the principle of subsidiar ity as set out 
in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of propor tionality as set out in 
that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessar y in order to achi eve that objective. 
(24)  In accordance with the Joint Political Declaration of 28 Sept ember 2011 of Member States and the Commission 
on explanato ry documents (1), Member States have under take n to accompan y, in justif ied cases, the notifi cation 
of their transposition measures with one or more documents explaining the relationship between the 
compo nents of a directive and the corresponding parts of national transposition instr uments. With regard to this 
Directive, the legislator considers the transmission of such documents to be justified, 
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 
Article 1 
Subject matter and scope 
This Directive aims to further harmonise Union law applicable to copyright and relat ed rights in the framework of the 
internal mark et, by establishing rules on the use of certain works and other subject matt er without the author isation of 
the rightholder , for the benefit of persons who are blind, visually impa ired or other wise print-disabled. 
Article 2 
Def initions 
For the purposes of this Directive the following definit ions apply:  
(1) ‘work or other subject matt er’ means a work in the form of a book , jour nal, newspaper , mag azine or other kind of 
writing, notation, including sheet music, and relat ed illustrations, in any media, including in audio form such as 
audiobooks and in digital format, whic h is prot ected by copyright or relat ed rights and which is published or 
other wise lawfully made publicly available;  
(2) ‘benef iciar y person’ means, regar dless of any other disabilities, a person who: 
(a)  is blind; 
(b)  has a visual impair ment which cannot be improved so as to give the person visual function substantially 
equivalent to that of a person who has no such impa irment, and who is, as a result, unable to read printed 
works to substantially the same degree as a person without such an impairm ent; 
(c)  has a percep tual or reading disability and is, as a result, unable to read printed works to substantially the same 
degree as a person without such disability ; or 
(d)  is other wise unable, due to a physical disability , to hold or manipulat e a book or to focus or move their eyes to 
the exte nt that would be normally accepta ble for reading.  
(3) ‘accessible format copy’ means a copy of a work or other subject matter in an altern ative manner or form that gives 
a benefi ciary person access to the work or other subject matter , including allowing such person to have access as 
feasibly and comf ortably as a person without any of the imp airments or disabilities refer red to in point 2; 
(4) ‘author ised entity’ means an entity that is author ised or recognised by a Member State to provide education, instr uc­
tional training, adaptive reading or information access to beneficiar y persons on a non-profi t basis. It also includes 
a public institution or non-profi t orga nisation that provides the same services to beneficiar y persons as one of its 
primar y activities, institutional oblig ations or as part of its public-interest missions. 20.9.2017 L 242/10 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     
(1)OJ C 369, 17.12.2011, p. 14. Article 3 
Permitted uses 
1. Member State s shall provide for an excep tion to the effect that no author isation of the rightholder of any 
copyright or relat ed right in a work or other subject matt er is required pursuant to Articles 5 and 7 of 
Directive 96/9/EC, Articles 2, 3 and 4 of Directive 2001/29/EC, Article 1(1), Article 8(2) and (3) and Article 9 of 
Directive 2006/115/EC and Article 4 of Directive 2009/24/EC for any act necessar y for: 
(a)  a benefi ciary person, or a person acting on their behalf, to mak e an accessible format copy of a work or other 
subject matt er to which the benefi ciary person has lawful access for the exclusive use of the benefic iary person; and 
(b)  an author ised entity to mak e an accessible format copy of a work or other subject matter to which it has lawful 
access, or to communicate, make available, distr ibute or lend an accessible format copy to a beneficiar y person or 
another author ised entity on a non-profi t basis for the purpose of exclusive use by a benefi ciary person. 
2. Member State s shall ensure that each accessible format copy respects the integr ity of the work or other subject 
matt er, with due consideration given to the changes required to make the work or other subject matt er accessible in the 
alternati ve format. 
3. The excep tion provided for in paragraph 1 shall only be applied in certain special cases whic h do not conf lict with 
a normal exploitation of the work or other subject matt er and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of 
the rightholder . 
4. The first, third and fifth subparagraphs of Article 6(4) of Directive 2001/29/EC shall apply to the excep tion 
provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article. 
5. Member States shall ensure that the excep tion provided for in paragraph 1 cannot be overridden by contract. 
6. Member States may provide that uses permitte d under this Directive, if under taken by author ised entities 
established in their territory, be subject to compensation schemes within the limits provided for in this Directive. 
Article 4 
Accessible format copies in the inter nal market 
Member State s shall ensure that an author ised entity established in their territory may carry out the acts referred to in 
point (b) of Article 3(1) for a beneficiar y person or another author ised entity established in any Member State. 
Member States shall also ensure that a beneficiar y person or an author ised entity established in their territory may 
obtain or may have access to an accessible format copy from an author ised entity established in any Member State. 
Article 5 
Obligations of author ised entities 
1. Member States shall provide that an author ised entity established in their territory carrying out the acts refer red to 
in Article 4 establishes and follows its own practices to ensure that it: 
(a)  distr ibut es, communicat es and mak es available accessible format copies only to beneficiar y persons or other 
author ised entities; 
(b)  takes appropr iate step s to discourage the unauthor ised reproduction, distr ibution, communication to the public or 
making available to the public of accessible format copies; 
(c)  demonstrates due care in, and maintains records of, its handling of works or other subject matte r and of accessible 
format copies thereof; and 
(d)  publishes and updat es, on its website if appropr iate, or through other online or offline channels, information on 
how it complies with the obligations laid down in points (a) to (c). 20.9.2017 L 242/11 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Member States shall ensure that the practices refer red to in the first subparagraph are established and followed in full 
respect of the rules applicable to the processing of personal data of benefi ciary persons referred to in Article 7. 
2. Member States shall ensure that an author ised entity established in their territory carrying out the acts referred to 
in Article 4 provides the following information in an accessible way, on request, to benefic iary persons, other author ised 
entities or rightholders: 
(a)  the list of works or other subject matt er for whic h it has accessible format copies and the available formats; and 
(b)  the name and contact details of the author ised entities with which it has engag ed in the exchange of accessible 
format copies pursuant to Article 4. 
Article 6 
Transparency and exchange of infor mation 
1. Member States shall encourag e author ised entities established in their territory carrying out the acts refer red to in 
Article 4 of this Directive and Articles 3 and 4 of Regulation (EU) 2017/1563 to communicate to them, on a voluntar y 
basis, their names and contact details. 
2. Member States shall provide the information they have received pursuant to paragraph 1 to the Commission. The 
Commission shall make such information publicly available online on a central information access point and keep it up 
to date. 
Article 7 
Protection of personal data 
The processing of personal data carried out within the framew ork of this Directive shall be carried out in compl iance 
with Directives 95/46/EC and 2002/58/EC. 
Article 8 
Amendment to Directiv e 2001/29/EC 
In Article 5(3) of Directive 2001/29/EC, point (b) is replaced by the following: 
‘(b)  uses, for the benefi t of people with a disability , whic h are directly related to the disability and of a non- 
commercial nature, to the extent required by the specific disability , without prejudice to the oblig ations of 
Member States under Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*);  
(*)Directive (EU) 2017/1564 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 Septembe r 2017 on certain 
permitted uses of certain works and other subject matte r prot ected by copyright and related rights for the benefit 
of persons who are blind, visually impaired or other wise print-disabled and amending Directive 2001/29/EC on 
the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society (OJ L 242, 
20.9.2017, p. 6).’. 
Article 9 
Repor t 
By 11 October 2020, the Commission shall present a repor t to the European Parliament, the Council and the European 
Economic and Social Committee on the availability , in accessible formats, of works and other subject matt er other than 
those defined in point 1 of Article 2 for benefic iary persons, and of works and other subject matt er for persons with 
disabilities other than those referred to in point 2 of Article 2, in the internal market. The repor t shall take into account 
developments concer ning relevant technology and shall contain an assessment of the appropr iateness of broadening the 
scope of this Directive in order to improve access to other types of works and other subject matter and to impro ve 
access for persons with disabilities other than those covered by this Directive. 20.9.2017 L 242/12 Official Jour nal of the European Union EN     Article 10 
Review 
1. By 11 October 2023, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation of this Directive and present the main findings 
in a repor t to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee, accompan ied, 
where appropr iate, by proposals for amending this Directive. Such evaluation shall include an assessment of the impact 
of compen sation schemes, provided for by Member States pursuant to Article 3(6), on the availability of accessible 
format copies for beneficiar y persons and on their cross-border exchange . The Commission's repor t shall take into 
account the views of relevant civil society actors and of non-go vernmental organisations, including orga nisations 
representing persons with disabilities and those representing older persons. 
2. Member States shall provide the Commission with the necessar y information for the preparation of the repor t 
referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and the preparation of the repor t referred to in Article 9. 
3. A Member State that has valid reasons to consider that the imp lementation of this Directive has had a significant 
negat ive impact on the commercial availability of works or other subject matt er in accessible formats for beneficiar y 
persons may bring the matte r to the attenti on of the Commission providing all relevant evidence. The Commission shall 
take that evidence into account when drawing up the repor t refer red to in paragraph 1. 
Article 11 
Transposition 
1. Member State s shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessar y to compl y with 
this Directive by 11 Octobe r 2018. They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof. 
When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompan ied by such 
a referen ce on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such referen ce shall be laid down by 
Member States. 
2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main measures of national law which they 
adopt in the field covered by this Directive. 
Article 12 
Entr y into force 
This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. 
Article 13 
Addre ssees 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
Done at Strasbourg, 13 Septembe r 2017. 
For the Europ ean Parliament 
The President 
A. TAJANI  For the Council 
The Presid ent 
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